7 Beautiful display typefaces you can download right now for free

The art of type design is for a special breed of designer. The insane attention to detail required to create typefaces is enough to drive the average person crazy, as every subtle curve and rule matters.

If you’re a novice to the world of typography, you’ll most likely be familiar with text type, or fonts created to be legible and readable at small sizes. Adobe Caslon, for example, is a great text typeface for large amounts of text.

Display typefaces, on the other hand, are less about legibility, (though that’s still important), and more about personality, character and distinctiveness. They’re best for logos, signage and posters, all at larger sizes (around 30 points+). Back in January, we covered a list of 9 inspiring, free display typefaces for you to use in your projects. Now, we’re back with 7 more free display typefaces for any project imaginable:

Cassannet

Atipo, a multi-disciplinary studio from Spain, has recently released an entire typeface dedicated to the charming work of A.M. Cassandre, a French poster artist and typographer. The font is completely free, and only requires a tweet to download, though you also have the option to contribute a donation in support of the creators. Read our full review of the font here.

Metropolis

Metropolis comes from the the industrial movement of the 1920′s where skyscrapers were born. “Using a double line technique, I wanted to create my own Art Deco style font that represented this era. The result is a bold, bumptious typeface with a stolidly calm disposition.”

Intro

What distinguishes Intro is the strongly expressed geometric makeup and structure. The basic letters of the Alphabet like “A”, “O” and “H” are built on principles of simple geometric forms – triangles, circles and squares. In contrast to Futura, which possesses similar styling, Intro preserves the characteristic sharpened edges of the “А”, “V” and “W” letters even in its boldened form.